How to Remove Json Files from Google Photo Takeout on a PC

**Please be advised that by deleting the .json files, you delete the metadata (thus removing the date to keep in chronological order).**
If you know how to merge the json file with the image instead, please comment on the video & I'll add it here for people.
After downloading a google backup that contains photos, .json files may overrun your pictures folders. Here's a quick way on a PC to sort through them and only download the image files that you want to backup.
The first part of the video defines and discusses what json files are and other options you may have tried that are found on the web. Then the video goes into how to proceed with the method.

[@ValentinMadallin]

Yes !!! Finally ! A 100% efficient tutorial. I have around 170 GB / 50.000 photos stored on Google Photos. Imagine the tremendous work I should have done without this brilliant trick !!!

[@setitandforgetit]

Literally saved me days of work. 🙌 Can't thank you enough for this new trick!!! This is going to help tons of people.👍

[@sumsmiles]

Brian Reasoner Oh that's wonderful to hear! Thank you for the great comment. I surely hope it helps a lot of people!

[@ankitsethia6534]

Love you for putting this out here for all. Really helpful and a life saver.

[@anirudhgulia9036]

Mam, you are a saviour. I mean it by all the sense I can put into this comment. You just straight up solved the biggest problem of Google Zip photos for the whole world. Big thanks for this.

[@walkermrbill]

json files are 1K so you can group by file size and then group select using Ctrl + Shift. All photos and videos are much larger than 1K. Great video.

[@AlejandroHerreraDelgado]

It was extremely useful! Thank you so much from Seville, Spain

[@muhammetefdalsahin7813]

thanks so much. This saved my days. and thanks for the speaking style too. ı am not a native speaker and and if ı understand everone can. thanks again

[@qoiop1513]

THANK YOU.....This is the video that you want, if you use TAKEOUT to download your Google photos. THANK YOU!!! 😉

[@drjyde1998]

You are awesome. I cleaned up 10 folders of 100G of Takeout photos in 20 minutes. Thank you.

[@Marter88ita]

thank you, it was simple but I did not think about it at first

[@sumsmiles]

Nicolò Calligaris Yes it wasn't very hard! Amazing that it took me so much time to come up with a way to do it :-)

[@TriMaulidya]

Omg thank you
I wish I found your video before. This is so helpful and I have been looking fopr this tutorial 🧡✨

[@chiragmehta13]

Very helpful, had over 30k pics n videos of over 100 gb data. Thank you 😊

[@sumsmiles]

Awesome to hear! Glad could help!!

[@NitinAminVFX]

Takeout strips all that information from your photos and puts them in those JSON files so it's absolutely crucial that we merge that information back into the picture if we want them to keep their chronological order and correct information when importing elsewhere.

[@faycurry3160]

and how do you merge them back?

[@bmwoldfart]

I looked at the image data before and after the removal of the JSON files and the original image data is still there. I also compared the image data of the same files that are still on Google Photos with the imported ones after the JSON file removal and nothing changed.

[@justfootprints]

Excellent tip. You are a life saver.

[@JohnBinKC]

Very helpful! Thanks. I'll try it on my MAC.

[@sumsmiles]

John B You bet! Thanks so much. Did it work on your mac?

[@bobyruiz]

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[@jameshajari8966]

Your tutorial video was very helpful. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@tonijackson332]

This was super helpful, thank you so much 😊

[@williampow9322]

Wow - many many thanks. Saved me a lot of grief and time.

[@sumsmiles]

So great to hear. Thank you for the comment!

[@Oscar-vj9oh]

This is a gem!! Thanks so much. Amazing!!

[@sumsmiles]

Thank you for the great input!

[@srijanpallem7807]

Holy shit, you've helped me a lot. Now I can extract all my video game screenshots outta my school stuff. Thanks!

[@l2xu_2000]

Hero of the day, thanks a lot!

[@sumsmiles]

That's awesome! Glad I could help!

[@hamzayasin4856]

Beautiful way of doing this, Very nice.

[@hemkrishnadandpati5332]

Thanks a lot, it really helped and saved precious time

[@UtkarshRai-w8j]

This is literally a lifesaver!
Thanks a ton.

[@primuzad7264]

Creative problem solving! Thank You!

[@gamalelhadary8208]

very helpful video, thanks a lot

[@amandeepsinghid]

Don’t delete those json files, they are the metadata files which keeps track of when the picture was clicked, location etc so when you want to see them in order such as year, month or location where it was clicked, you will find it difficult to do so if that important json file is deleted.

[@Janeth.m]

Hello, I downloaded some pictures from google photos and it’s showing these files. They do seem to be all over the place, so would you recommend to keep them ?

[@GustavoHernandez-rl2lk]

You are the Best, thanks

[@trapskilla]

Thank you!

[@marioraulflorescovarrubias8506]

Hey!!! Thank you so much!! Greetings!!

[@roxyu3384]

You just deleted all your EXIF data from your images.. if you just delete the metadata json…
You need to merge the info to the photo first

[@sumsmiles]

So how do you do this please? People are asking but I don't know how to merge.

[@osmanali7865]

Thanks 🙏 made it easier to sort yay! 🎉

[@dianamendoza108]

excellent! thank you so much!!

[@sumsmiles]

Thank you for letting me know!

[@marieheuvelman4414]

super and thank for the video

[@andreluis2488]

Thank you!!!

[@aaronh_5]

So helpful, thankyou

[@sergiolamonato4341]

Brilliant

[@tron568]

wtg ! thankyou very useful tip

[@gabrielabaumgarten8111]

you saved me, the bad thing is, i have 55 .rar files full of photos to extract lololol

[@zeeshanc4474]

thanks saved lotsssssss of time

[@sumsmiles]

So great to hear! Thank you!

[@hurtz0815]

Works great for me, Thx!!!!

[@kaoglongx]

Thanks very much!

[@shobhitsoni2224]

Thankyou! that was helpful😃

[@keshavx]

Yay, pretty helpful!🎉

[@johnhay8710]

Great video - very helpful indeed.

[@sipriyen]

Thank you it's really helpful

[@sumsmiles]

So glad!

[@MichaelToub]

Thanks but doesn't deleting all the json delete all the meta data? Will the #DATE_TAKEN be lost if you delete the json?

[@sumsmiles]

Sorry didn't see this comment until now. I know it's super late but yes I think you lose that and just save the pic. Unfortunately, I don't have any info on other options to keep it.

[@lavaliva8499]

And after all photo without date create)
Great!

[@rodrigofraga027]

I loved

[@devaprasath6756]

crazy usefullllll

[@spiritlearner3129]

thank u mam thanku soo much

[@lenae246]

So the JSON is not a picture or video? You just delete them? I thought it's pictures that I can no longer look at ...

[@spicer7]

Nice thanks

[@kdulg]

Muchisimas gracias!

[@abdullahbasit9165]

lovely

[@vrushabhmore9398]

thank u so much

[@matargastix1004]

thank you

[@veronicahambidge906]

amazing

[@jdjan1786]

Thanks

[@StuMagoo]

Wow thanks so much. Quick question? can I just highlight all json files and just delete them? Jut to get rid of them? Thanks again

[@isabelleb7040]

Hi! Any idea how I can move those pics to an external drive without loosing the date. When I do it, it changes the photo date to the date of transfer 😢 thanks!

[@arunkrishnan5071]

thnalks

[@preethink4230]

I am not getting how to do it can u pls help me by txting

[@ilesfogo]

Thank youuu holy shit

[@sheli505]

sweat it helps me a lot

[@JamesYoungAH]

Thank you... I'm moving 960gb of Google Photos 🤪

[@avanth_ika]

my files look nothing like that so it did not help

[@gledba]

Ypu just sort them instead of deleting all that metadata that you will want someday.

[@reddyratish9849]

Super

[@LuisRodriguez-sv3gu]

Not all of my photos downloaded properly, some just say jpg.json

[@sumsmiles]

Not sure how to help you on that.

[@heisenberg4313]

taaaanks

[@m.dj1234]

i love you

[@lucillegranthon8892]

Where is the photo folders??

[@divinoportes5897]

Obrigado!

[@vklsff9177]

Como faz que eu nao entendi nada

[@mapkoc7]

@@vklsff9177 Praticamente você busca naquela barra de pesquisa por .json e apaga todos eles

[@oDJOldskull]

How to merge JSON files with graphical files?

[@sumsmiles]

I don't have an answer for that. Something I'd have to look into. I wrote a comment to someone here saying to that should be done, so hopefully they'll write back with the info.

[@justinbarrington-higgs6156]

Windows multipart zip files

[@josueabarca1621]

Vaya mierda,acabo de descargar mis fotos de Google fotos y no se unir los .json con las fotos,saludos si me lees XD

[@drpeemac]

4.20 ...video starts

[@vineetkarmakar2305]

My girl is on windows 7

[@Journey-hx6nj]

"Hope that helps..." Answer: Indubitably !

[@justinpamintuan975]

thank you so much!

[@sumsmiles]

Glad it helped!!!

[@therapyfortech]

Thanks